"Some choose to terminate their pregnancy based on the results..." These words still make me cringe. Kacie and I were sitting in the doctor's office getting a regularly scheduled check-up during her pregnancy with Kenlea (our firstborn). The topic of prenatal screening came up...specifically a screening for Down syndrome, after which these cold words were spoken: "some choose to terminate their pregnancy based on the results..."
According to a New York Times article in May of 2007 about "90 percent of pregnant women who are given a Down sydrome diagnosis have chosen to have an abortion." (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/us/09down.html) However, once all the variables are calculated, the probability of the Down syndrome screen resulting in a false positive could be as high as 80 percent! (econ2.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ472/tobias/documents/Downs.ppt)
How can a mother or father (who truly know the God-given definition of that position) even let the thought enter their mind of terminating a pregnancy, much less, come to that decision based on questionable information. I'm not the judge, but I do know what the Lawgiver has said, "Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them." (Psalm 139:16) I thank God every day for bringing us the life in this picture, and that prayer will not change with the arrival of our son in June (come what may).
